Established in 2016, Alva has grown to more than ten people with a reliable funding and a patented production technology with proven superiority over conventional alternatives. FiberPrinting™ enables production of high-performance motors and generators for a wide range of applications, reflecting our true purpose. We do not just enhance electric motors and generators. We enhance electric cars, ships and airplanes, UAVs, medical equipment, robots, satellites and so much more. We enhance the World

About Alva

Alva was founded to meet the growing global energy demand with renewable technologies. We develop electric generators for production of clean energy and electric motors to convert this energy to motion. Our aim is to accelerate the transition to green energy by making affordable customized electrical machines available to everyone.

Established in 2016, Alva has grown to more than ten people with a reliable funding and an ingenious and patented production technology with proven superiority over conventional alternatives. FiberPrinting™ enables production of low-weight, high-efficient motors and generators for a wide range of applications, reflecting our true purpose. We do not just enhance electric motors and generators. We enhance electric cars, ships and airplanes, UAVs, medical equipment, robots, satellites and so much more. We enhance the world.

We are currently engaged in several international projects within unmanned aerial vehicles, actuators and small wind turbines, and are now taking the step from R&D to commercialization. We are therefore expanding our team to include several new positions, including a Product Manager who will be the main responsible for defining and bringing our products out to global markets.

The position

We are looking for a customer oriented and highly motivated person to take a leading role as Product Manager in Alva.

As Product Manager, you will analyze various markets, applications and competitive conditions, lay out a product vision that is differentiated and delivers unique customer value, work closely with sales, marketing, technical application support, engineering and R&D, and be a central hub within the company for critical information about products, markets, customers and prospects.

The Product Manager is responsible for defining and bringing to market a family of products within all the applications served by Alva. By understanding the market and customer requirements, you will provide the deep product expertise needed to make strategic product decisions, communicate this strategy to all relevant participants and stakeholders, and translate these requirements into specifications for the engineering team. The Product Manager will define the company product portfolio and, as the company grows, be central in building the Sales and Marketing division and position Alva as the go-to company for high-performance electric motor solutions.

Responsibilities 

Short term:

• Evaluate market segments, customer needs, and their potential.
• Identify market requirements and build the company product portfolio by defining unique product solutions in a variety of markets and work close with R&D and engineering team in the development of new products.
• Develop market intelligence and support sales projections
• Be the “voice of the customer” in the organization for all product related matters.
• Support marketing activities and attend exhibitions.
• Continuously gather and analyze data and business intelligence from external and internal sources and use this to improve and define products.
• Build the Sales and Marketing Division in Alva.
• Develop and execute long-term sales and marketing strategies.
• Prepare training material for sales teams, including presentations and webinars targeting various customer applications/market segments and technical aspects of the products, and build necessary infrastructure to support global expansion.

Long term:

• Build the Sales and Marketing Division in Alva.
• Develop and execute long-term sales and marketing strategies.
• Prepare training material for sales teams, including presentations and webinars targeting various customer applications/market segments and technical aspects of the products, and build necessary infrastructure to support global expansion.

Requirements

• High ambitions - You desire being the best in the business and you always hunger for new knowledge.
• Commercial and strategic mindset – You understand how business works, what the customers want, and how we should position ourselves to meet this in an effective manner.
• Experience - You have experience and track record from product management.
• Sales oriented - Can develop, improve and implement sales processes.
• Motivated to improve – Ability to frequently evaluate your own performance, welcome criticism and reflect on your own reactions and thoughts.
• High work capacity – Some periods will contain high workloads.
• High tempo - It is highly necessary to be agile. Fail fast!
• Attitude – Where others see a failure to meet a quarterly goal, you see an opportunity to identify strengths and weaknesses to tackle the next quarter’s goal.
• Excellent communication skills – You are friendly, respectful, open-minded, and a good listener. You can explain complicated information in a simple manner. You speak and write fluent English.
• Strong technical competence - You are required to learn whatever is needed about electric motors, drivers, gears, encoders and similar, to build trustworthy communication with customers.
• Natural or latent leader skills - Ability to lead and develop people and teams as a safe, empathetic and motivating leader.
• Social skills - You enjoy expanding your network and build relations.

Preferred requirements, but not necessary:

• Experience with electric motor technology, markets and applications.
• Experience with B2B sales and marketing.
• Relevant higher education (B.Sc. or M.Sc. in engineering, business or economy).
• Existing network in industry.
• Speaks and writes fluent Norwegian.

Life at Alva

Do you want to pursue a meaningful vision together with a diverse and capable group of people, with the freedom to perform your work according to your personal preference? You will become a part of a tight-knit and diverse group of highly motivated and skilled people with the ambition and desire to enhance products, change industries, and improve the quality of life for people all over the world.

We are a young company and we move fast. You will therefore enjoy the freedom of delivering the needed results in the way you see most suitable and you will have the opportunity to choose your career path as the company grows. Aside from an intriguing opportunity and a welcoming work environment, we offer competitive salary and stock options.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.